Evidence that congenital hydrocephalus is a precursor to idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in only a subset of patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 508-511

  Wilson, Robin K ^a,b   Williams, Michael A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CEPHALOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL;

EID: 34247185329     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.108761     Document Type: Article

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